All Our Yesterdays – 60 Years Ago –October 1958
Sixty years ago the last 9F 2-10-0 Standard class steam locomotives were still in production, diesel shunter production was in full swing as was delivery of the Pilot Scheme mainline locomotives. There was also a steady flow of new diesel multiple units.
New Locomotives
Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 – 92198/99, 92240/41/42/43
Class 03 – D2028/29/30
Class 06 – D2413/14
Class 08 – D3550/51/52/53/54/55/56/80/81/82/98/99, D3600/01/02/03
Class 10 – D3625/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33
Class 15 – D8209
Class 24 – D5001
Class 26 – D5302/03/04
Class 28 – D5703
Class 30 – D5518
ClassD2/10 – D2732/33/34
New Diesel Multiple Units
Metro Cammell (Class 101) – M51174, E51217/18/19/20/21/22, M56332, E56375/76/77/78/79/80,
Park Royal (Class 103) – M50413/14, M56168/69
BRCW (Class 104) –E50555/56/57/58/76/77/78/79, E59201/02/03/04/22/23/24/25
Cravens (Class 105) –E51281/82/83/84/85, E56439/40/41/42/43
BR Derby (Class 108) – E50620/21/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40/41/42/43, E59245/46/47/48/49/50, E59380/81/82/83/84/85/86/87
BR Derby (Class 116) – W51137/38/39/50/51/52, W59447/48
Gloucester RCW (Class 119) – W51052/53/53/55/80/81/82/83, W59413/14
Swindon Cross Country (Class 120) – W50683/84/85/96/87/88, W59290/91/92/93/94.
AC Cars Railbus – W79977
In the month ninety two steam locomotives were withdrawn, fourty seven being over fifty years old with North Eastern Railway J77 0-6-0T 68435 being the oldest, having entering traffic in August 1880 and condemned seventy eight years later. The majority of these withdrawals were the older secondary main line and branch line passenger engines, steam shunting engines and older freight engines being displaced by the continued delivery of the last of the 9F standards, the pilot scheme main line diesels, diesel multiple units and diesel shunting engines. Seventeen engines condemned were built post the 1923 grouping with the youngest engine condemned being Great Western Railway 45xx 2-6-2T 4590 at only twenty one years old.
A number I have photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome
D2029 (03029) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6509310691/
D3556 (08441) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7373875292/
D3582 (08467) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8089180803/
D5304 (26004) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5645727196/
M51151 -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14390652340/
E51282 -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/15715484798/